Hermiston girls’ tennis sweeps Capitol, Idaho

Published 6:36 am Friday, April 11, 2008

HERMISTON – Richole Berger and Alison Hawman raised their season

records to 9-0 as the Hermiston girls’ tennis team beat Capitol, Idaho,

8-0 Thursday.

    Coach Curt Berger said Capitol was

without their top four players for an unknown reason, adding, “It’s a

little one-sided when you don’t bring your whole team.”

    Jessica Eldrige and Madison Garcia won

in straight sets in the No. 1 doubles match while Ashley Florence and

Alissa Smith won in the No. 2 match, coming back to win the last two

matches after dropping the first.

    The Bulldogs (5-1) get back into league

play next Tuesday against The Dalles-Wahtonka.

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HERMISTON 8, CAPITOL 0

Singles:

Richole Berger (HHS) def. Fernanda Miller 6-0, 6-0; Alison Hawman (HHS)

def. Nancy Smith 6-3, 6-1; Madison Garcia (HHS) def. Hannah Hettinga

6-3, 6-2; Mary Hawman (HHS) def. Amber Lay 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles: Jessica

Eldrige/Madison Garcia (HHS) def. Fernanda Miller/Nancy Miller 6-1,

6-1; Ashley Florence/Alissa Smith def. Hannah Hettinga/Amber Lay 0-6,

7-5, 10-4; Laura Wallace/Mary Adams (HHS) def. Corrine Hester/Tracy

Duffin 6-1, 6-2; Monica Lopez/Lilly Gomez (HHS) def. Molly

Loucks/McKenzie Crisp 6-2, 6-2.

CAPITOL 7, HERMISTON 1 –

In Hermiston, the Hermiston boys’ tennis team managed just one victory

Thursday, with Victor Maura defeating Tyler Morris in the No. 3 singles

match 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 with a 7-4 tiebreaker win.

    “Capitol is by far one of the best teams

we’ve played this year,” coach Casey Arstein said.

    He added that it was a good way to

prepare for their three Intermountain Conference matches next week.

    The Bulldogs (4-2, 3-0 IMC) will host

The Dalles-Wahtonka on Tuesday.

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Singles: Alex

McKoan (CHS) def. Jake Crowther 6-2, 6-3; Nick Peterson (CHS) def.

Brock Burns 6-2, 6-2; Victor Maura (HHS) def. Tyler Morris 6-2, 3-6,

7-6 (7-4); Alex Corilogue (CHS) def. Brandon Horn 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles:

Nick Peterson/Tyler Morris (CHS) def. Ian McMichael/Jason Sivey 6-2,

6-3; Cools/Miller (CHS) def. Ben Millard/Rylie Smith 6-2, 6-3;

Harrison/Hangerford (CHS) def. Joey Burns/Connor McMichael 6-4, 6-2;

Lein/Spinozala  (CHS) def. Ryan Parsons/Matt Booher 6-2, 4-6,

7-5.

RIVERSIDE 8, IONE 1 – In

Boardman, the Riverside girls’ tennis team defended their home court

with a victory Thursday, dropping only the No. 3 doubles match.

    Lilly Doherty triumphed in the No. 1

singles match while Evelyn Garcia edged Emily Rietmann 7-3 in the

tie-breaking set to win the No. 2 singles match.

    “Evelyn Garcia played her best match of

the season,” coach Dave Pedro said.

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Singles:

Lilly Doherty (RHS) def. Sarah Ballard 6-4; Evelyn Garcia (RHS) def.

Emily Rietmann 6-6 (7-3); Nuvia Ramirez (RHS) def. Kylie Kim 6-2.

Doubles: Amy

Anfinson/Sigrid Heitmann (RHS) def. Emily Rietmann/Tianna VanDever 6-1;

Bianca Munoz/Gabby Cox (RHS) def. Stefanie Archer/Sarah Ballard 7-5;

Marly Pfingsten/Josie Miller (Ione) def. Justine Parker/Bernice Chavez

6-6 (7-5); Melanie Mejia/Stephanie Fuentez (RHS) def. Briana

Peterson/Tyree Svetich 6-1; Danny Harnson/Megan Martin (RHS) def. Kylie

McElligott/Marny Pfingsten 6-3; Adrian Flores/Tonya Thompson (RHS) def.

Bora Moon/Kylie Kim 6-0.

RIVERSIDE 4, IONE 0 – In

Boardman, the Riverside boys’ tennis team swept the Ione Cardinals

Thursday for the win.

    The Pirates’ Tim Thomason and Mason

Murphy were nearly perfect, winning their matches 6-1. Thomason then

teamed with No. 1 singles winner Carlos Garcia to win 6-1 in the only

doubles match of the day.

    According to coach Dave Pedro, a cold

and windy afternoon made it a tough day for his players.

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Singles:

Carlos Garcia (RHS) def. Patrick Lee 6-3; Tim Thomason (RHS) def.

Dalton Campbell 6-1; Mason Murphy (RHS) def. Alex Carlton 6-1.

Doubles: Tim

Thomason/Carlos Garcia (RHS) def. Ramo/Fowler 6-1.

Baseball

IRRIGON 11, SHERMAN 10 –

In Moro, the Knights (5-6, 0-3 Special District 6) scored a run on a

fielding error in the eighth inning Tuesday to beat Sherman.

    James Munkers got on base when the

catcher couldn’t hang onto the third strike and was moved to second on

a sacrifice. Sherman then walked Scott McDaniel, who had been hitting

the ball hard all game according to coach Erich Harjo, and their

shortstop couldn’t handle the grounder from Jesus Munoz, allowing

Munkers to score the winning run.

    Brandon Nunn shut the door in the bottom

of the frame.

    The Knights get back in to SD6 play

Saturday with a home doubleheader against Pilot Rock.

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  R   

H    E

IRR.    

100    702   

01    –   

11    11    3

SHE.   

110    202   

40    –   

10     

9    6

Jesus Munoz, Brandon Nunn (7) and James Munkers; Shafer, James Stroud

(4) and Tate Eakin. W – Nunn; L – Stroud

2B – Scott McDaniel (Irrigon).

PENDLETON FRESHMAN 14,

UMATILLA JV 3 – In Umatilla, Jeff Eickstaedt picked up the

win on the mound and helped his own cause, going 6 for 9 at the plate

with a double, two triples and home run. His solo shot came on the very

first pitch of the game.

    Daniel Lebsock was 4 for 7 with five

RBIs and Kolby Haliewicz was 5 for 8.

Golf

HEPPNER – At Willow Creek Country Club, Pendleton came with a low round

of 306 to win the Heppner Invite Thursday.

    Heppner’s Joe Pranger had the best

individual score with a 70, while Condon’s Drew Messenger shot a 71 and

Pendleton’s Calvin Baty scored a 72, followed by teammate Scott

Newman’s 73.

    Pranger’s score came after a 32 on the

back nine – which included a quadruple bogie.

    “He really played some great golf,”

coach Greg Grant said. “Joe’s really rounded into form.”

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Team scores:

1, Pendleton 306; 2, Heppner #1  320; 3, Condon #1 349; 4,

Heppner #3 382; 5, Condon #2 444. Echo, 340 (3 golfers)

Pendleton:

Calvin Baty 72, Scott Newman 73, Nathan Perkes 79, Dustin Raines 82,

Heath Wilson 99.

Heppner #1:

Joe Pranger 70, Taylor Hodges 78, Eddie Ramirez 81, Donald Mathews 91,

Taylor Desque 95.

Heppner #2:

Eric Jepsen 75, Sean Murray 84, Tomas Elguezabal 88.

Heppner #3:

Lane Wright 88, Jason Howeling 92, Tom Holland 100, Joe Armato 102.

Echo: Tony

S. 89, Devin M. 94, Travis C. 157.

Condon #1:

Drew Messenger 71, Clarc Wudner 88, Brandon Harrison 93, Tyler George

97.

Condon #2:

Garrett Flatt 101, Colton Anderson 103, Jared Watkins 107, Austin

Fenivern 127.